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opus_prizeGonzaga University invites the regional community to join in honoring three of the world’s most deserving unsung humanitarians this fall with the presentation of the $1 million 2014 Opus Prize.

In partnership with the Opus Prize Foundation, Gonzaga will host the Opus Prize Awards Ceremony & Community Reception, set for 7 p.m., Oct. 16 at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. The three finalists will be introduced in short videos that outline their work and impact. One will be announced as winner of the Opus Prize. The two finalists will each receive $100,000, according to a press release.

The three finalists, announced last month, are: Sister Teresa Fitzgerald of Hour Children in Queens, New York; Gollapalli Israel of the Janodayam Social Education Center in Chennai, India; and Rev. Joseph Maier of the Mercy Centre Human Development Foundation in Bangkok.

Complimentary tickets are ow available online at TicketWest.com and in person at the box offices at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox and the McCarthey Athletic Center on the GU campus.

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Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons
Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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